Leighton vs University Park

A side-by-side comparison of Leighton and University Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Leighton and University Park are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

University Park has the higher population (704 vs 159 in Leighton). Leighton has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $65,815 in University Park). Leighton has the higher median home value ($117,000 vs $92,700 in University Park).

Population, income & housing

	Leighton	University Park
Population	159	704
Median age	45.3 yrs	25.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$65,815
Median home value	$117,000	$92,700
Median gross rent	$770	$731
Housing units	62	286
Homeownership rate	75.8%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leighton	University Park
Population	221 → 159 (-28.1%)	429 → 704 (+64.1%)
Median household income	$59,167 → $75,000 (+26.8%)	$49,167 → $65,815 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$107,600 → $117,000 (+8.7%)	$85,700 → $92,700 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $770 (+28.3%)	$704 → $731 (+3.8%)

Leighton

Population

221159

Median household income

$59,167$75,000

Median home value

$107,600$117,000

Median gross rent

$600$770

University Park

Population

429704

Median household income

$49,167$65,815

Median home value

$85,700$92,700

Median gross rent

$704$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leighton	University Park
Under 5	4.4%	10.2%
5 to 17	15.1%	24.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	14.8%
25 to 34	6.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.4%	19.0%
45 to 54	15.1%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	13.2%	2.3%
75 and over	10.1%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leighton	University Park
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leighton	University Park
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.1%
High school graduate	28.3%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	49.1%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leighton	University Park
Drove alone	73.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	9.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leighton	University Park
1-unit, detached	91.9%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	22.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Leighton	University Park
Poverty rate	0.6%	9.8%
Average household size	2.56	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1950	1938